ANGEL MAY MAGBANUA HUMSS 11 – ALEXANDRITE

21st CENTURY LITERATURE

ASSIGNMENT: What can I do?
Instructions: Search the other Canonical Authors. List them including at least 4 titles of their
works. Write your assignment in a yellow pad.

1. Carlos Bulosan - (November 24, 1913 – September 11, 1956) was a Filipino novelist and poet who
immigrated to the United States on July 1, 1930. He never returned to the Philippines and he spent
most of his life in the United States. His best-known work today is the semi-
autobiographical America Is in the Heart, but he first gained fame for his 1943 essay on The
Freedom from Want.
 Letter from America (The Press of James A. Decker, 1942)
 America Is in the Heart (1946)
 The Laughter of My Father (1944)
 The Cry and the Dedication (1995)

2. Cirilo F. Bautista - (July 9, 1941 – May 6, 2018) was a Filipino poet, critic and writer of nonfiction.
A National Artist of the Philippines award was conferred on him in 2014.
 Summer suns (with Albert Casuga, 1963)
 The Cave and Other Poems (1968)
 The Archipelago (1970)
 Sugat ng Salita (1985)

3. Lualhati Bautista - (December 2, 1945 – February 12, 2023) was a Filipina writer, novelist, liberal
activist and political critic. Her most popular novels include Dekada '70; Bata, Bata, Pa'no Ka
Ginawa?; and GAPO.
 Bulaklak sa City Jail
 Sixty in the City
 In Sisterhood
 Sonata

4. Gilda Cordero-Fernando (June 4, 1930 – August 27, 2020) was a Filipino writer, publisher, visual
artist, fashion designer, theater producer, and social activist known for writing and publishing
numerous works exploring Filipino culture, for her influence as a mentor and supporter of many of
the Philippines cultural workers, and for her prominent "colorful presence in the Philippine literary
scene."
 1973 - A Wilderness of Sweets
 1977 - Streets of Manila
 1978 - Filipino Heritage
 1978 - Turn of the Century

5. Francisco Sionil Jose - (December 3, 1924 – January 6, 2022) was a Filipino writer who was one of
the most widely read in the English language. A National Artist of the Philippines for Literature,
which was bestowed upon him in 2001, José's novels and short stories depict the social
underpinnings of class struggles and colonialism in Filipino society
 Po-on (Source) (1984)
 The Pretenders (1962)
 My Brother, My Executioner (1973)
 Mass (December 31, 1974)